Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] there for [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a young man he had had a strong desire to visit the United States and decided to go there for a holiday , but as the liner approached New York , he dreamed that his mother ( to whom he was not particularly strongly attached ) was lonely and missed him , and this dream made him terribly homesick . |
| 2 | I planned to stay there for the summer , and then learn how to be a better actress . |
| 3 | Yes he had booked there for a week , I think it was for a business meeting with Mr Sandy , that 's all I know . |
| 4 | Marie 's parents had strong religious views that made her feel very guilty about having sex in their home when she and her husband had to live there for a while : " We did it on the bedroom floor on the wedding night because I would n't use the bed , in case it made a noise . |
| 5 | Yes , Devlin had worked there for a while , but he 'd left three days ago . |
| 6 | Okay Mickey , it 's a , it 's a Monday night , had to think there for a minute . |
| 7 | He had to stay there for a year . |
| 8 | We had to stay there for the winter , however , because the ship needed repairs and the captain was ill . |
| 9 | These neighbours had lived there for a number of years ; they knew Mrs Browning well , and what they told my husband made us feel rather small , and very inexperienced . |
| 10 | Knowing it impossible to sleep again , she had lain there for a while and listened to the silence of sleep throughout the house . |
| 11 | It stayed poised there for a moment and another question , another proclamation of innocence , then he brought it down ready to drive into the small man 's stomach again . |